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Any chance someone could put the R.Post bit about her on
here,if possible.?
Appreciated if can,Tx.
here,if possible.?
Appreciated if can,Tx.
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Former champion apprentice Josephine Gordon has spoken for the first time about a seven-year fight against a degenerative loss of hearing that has affected her riding career.
The 32-year-old, who became the third woman to win the apprentice title when she triumphed in 2016, has recently undergone surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on her right ear to correct a condition which threatened to make her totally deaf.
Gordon, who became the second female to ride 100 winners in a season in 2017, is hoping to resume her career at the start of the turf season, which starts at Doncaster on March 28.
Gordon, who last rode at Lingfield on January 12, said: “Basically over the past seven years, my hearing has been degrading and I’ve had to wear hearing aids the last few years. During that time, a lot of people have thought I was rude but it’s just that I can’t hear people.”
Josephine Gordon: rode 106 winners in 2017 but living off much slimmer pickings now
Josephine Gordon: champion apprentice in 2016
As it is not a common condition in the weighing room, Gordon has found things difficult. She added: “It’s a rare thing and I haven’t come across anyone that has had this problem in my time which is probably why it’s so long to get it sorted, although the IJF and Jets have been brilliant as have my sponsors Star Sports.”
The jockey was given a stark prognosis of what might happen if she did not have the condition treated.
She said: “Basically they call a dead ear on a mark of 90, which is totally deaf, and I was on a mark of about 70 and it wasn’t getting any better. If I didn’t have hearing aids I wouldn’t be able to hear too much and you can’t race ride in your hearing aids as they are too bulky so something needed to be done.”
On her operation, which took an hour and a half, she said: “I had my right ear operated on and they took one of the bones out and replaced it with a plastic pin. As a consequence, everything is now very loud and very sensitive so it has been a success but it also affects your balance. I’m also not allowed to drive at the moment and feel like a drunk toddler walking around."
She added: “I plan on having the other ear done but whether that will be in a year’s time or longer it depends but I was quite deaf in my right one.”
In recent years, Gordon has ridden work in Newmarket for Simon and Ed Crisford, for whom she rode five winners in 2025, and she also received plenty of support from Keiran Burke
Gordon said: “I sat down with Simon and told him about my hearing and he was very good about it. He said even before I can get back on a horse I can come and help out around the yard and has been very supportive. The good thing is I have my own horse at home and when I feel comfortable getting going on him hopefully I can get back to riding out.”
The 32-year-old, who became the third woman to win the apprentice title when she triumphed in 2016, has recently undergone surgery at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge on her right ear to correct a condition which threatened to make her totally deaf.
Gordon, who became the second female to ride 100 winners in a season in 2017, is hoping to resume her career at the start of the turf season, which starts at Doncaster on March 28.
Gordon, who last rode at Lingfield on January 12, said: “Basically over the past seven years, my hearing has been degrading and I’ve had to wear hearing aids the last few years. During that time, a lot of people have thought I was rude but it’s just that I can’t hear people.”
Josephine Gordon: rode 106 winners in 2017 but living off much slimmer pickings now
Josephine Gordon: champion apprentice in 2016
As it is not a common condition in the weighing room, Gordon has found things difficult. She added: “It’s a rare thing and I haven’t come across anyone that has had this problem in my time which is probably why it’s so long to get it sorted, although the IJF and Jets have been brilliant as have my sponsors Star Sports.”
The jockey was given a stark prognosis of what might happen if she did not have the condition treated.
She said: “Basically they call a dead ear on a mark of 90, which is totally deaf, and I was on a mark of about 70 and it wasn’t getting any better. If I didn’t have hearing aids I wouldn’t be able to hear too much and you can’t race ride in your hearing aids as they are too bulky so something needed to be done.”
On her operation, which took an hour and a half, she said: “I had my right ear operated on and they took one of the bones out and replaced it with a plastic pin. As a consequence, everything is now very loud and very sensitive so it has been a success but it also affects your balance. I’m also not allowed to drive at the moment and feel like a drunk toddler walking around."
She added: “I plan on having the other ear done but whether that will be in a year’s time or longer it depends but I was quite deaf in my right one.”
In recent years, Gordon has ridden work in Newmarket for Simon and Ed Crisford, for whom she rode five winners in 2025, and she also received plenty of support from Keiran Burke
Gordon said: “I sat down with Simon and told him about my hearing and he was very good about it. He said even before I can get back on a horse I can come and help out around the yard and has been very supportive. The good thing is I have my own horse at home and when I feel comfortable getting going on him hopefully I can get back to riding out.”
Hope she comes back better than ever. Deafness didn't impact Piggott's career much. His hearing never really improved, he was always quite deaf specially when someone asked him for a tenner.
he was always quite deaf specially when someone asked him for a tenner.
Unlike when they offered him a tenner.
Unlike when they offered him a tenner.
Best of luck to her...feel it will be a lifetime regret for her that she took that holiday just after starting at Palmers
thats a shame and will be the reason she kept on walking when i asked her for a kiss
That would merely be the fact that her eyesight is not defective,busy
You laugh as much as you want loser but you laugh alone. No one finds you remotely funny. Most people just ignore you.
Do you even realise that an 8 year old would find your name calling embarrassing.
Or you do know but can't help yourself?
You can't possibly have been like this all your life?
Do you even realise that an 8 year old would find your name calling embarrassing.
Or you do know but can't help yourself?
You can't possibly have been like this all your life?
Have you ever posted a pre race view,JML?
Of course not.
You sit in judgement of others whilst having nothing constructive to say.
Of course not.
You sit in judgement of others whilst having nothing constructive to say.
You didn't answer the questions.
Do you know you're a freak but can't do anything about it?
Have you always been like this.
he Shops are an irrelevance other than being managed by minimum wage know nothings who cannot take an actual bet to take out a £1,000
You're the one that sits in judgement of everyone but none of the people you slag off would swap places with you.
Do you know you're a freak but can't do anything about it?
Have you always been like this.
he Shops are an irrelevance other than being managed by minimum wage know nothings who cannot take an actual bet to take out a £1,000
You're the one that sits in judgement of everyone but none of the people you slag off would swap places with you.
Loser has never been more accurate --there is no doubt about that.
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